Absentee results will be tallied early

12:15 AM,
Nov. 6, 2012

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Ohioans could know how a quarter of their fellow residents voted for president just minutes after the polls close today.

A large early voting turnout and a new directive from Secretary of State John Husted mean the results of more than a million Buckeye votes could be known while some people still are waiting to cast their ballots.

Under an order from Husted, all counties must upload vote totals to the state for absentee ballots by 7:45 p.m. As of Friday afternoon, 1.6 million residents had cast such ballots in person or by mail. In 2008, 5.7 million Ohio residents voted for president. Polls in ...